Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3784, John Dobbins, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Robbins, John Elizabeth
No. 3784
CONTENTS

Duplicate certificate issued 25 June 1831, and sent to John Duffy Esq Nicholas C. H. Vol. see letter 13 Dec. 1831 to Hon. L. Maxwell & Pension Agent
John Dobbins (R.) B. Gen. M. (to out of Pensions) Jany 12. 1831
Virginia (16,401)
John Dobbins, (R.)
of co Greenbrier, in the state of Virginia, who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel F. Johnston, of the Pennsylv a . line, for the term of six years.
Inscribed on the roll of Virginia, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22, of June, 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26. of Jany, 20 and sent to hon: Ballard Smith, member of Congress for V a .
Arrears to 4th of Sept r . 1819. . . 19. 166. Semi-ann. all ce ending 4. March, 48 " 2 mo s . \frac{13}{30} } 1820. $67. 166
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Reported
456
Virginia. Lee  Wheeping Elizabeth Dobbins, widow of John Dobbins, Pen n who served in the Revolutionary war, as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of June 1848. and sent to
Geo. S. Thompson Wheeling Pa
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848. Page 149 Vol. 3.

John Dobbins.
Greenbrier Co. Va. Penn line
Mem d Col Francis Johnston
1777 to 1783
22. June, 1819.
Cornel Dobbins
Mem d
Hon: Ballard Smith

Virginia Greenbrier County (sworn) At a Court held for the County of Greenbrier on the 22 nd day of June 1819.
On this 22 nd day of June 1819 personally Ap- peared before the County Court of Greenbrier the same being a Court of Record, John Dobbins aged Seventy two years past last New years day. And who being duly sworn on the Holy evangelist of Almighty God. declared that he was in the revolutionary War on Continental establishment that he enlisted in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy six in Lancaster County Pennsylvania for one year That he was enlisted by a certain James Taylor and that he then belonged to 4 th Pennsylvania Regiment Commanded by Col o Anthony Wayne that he served out said Term of time and enlisted again in Chester Town in the County of Chester State of Pennsylvania in the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy Seven for three years or during the War That he was enlisted by the said Col o James Taylor and that he belonged to his company which belonged to the 5 th Pen- sylvania Regiment Commanded by Col o Francis Johnston. That he served under said last enlistment until the year 1783 when Col o Harman gave him a furlough without date that is to return again into the service again if required. That he never was ordered into the Service. That this furlough was given to him in said year of 1783 by said Col o Harman at James Island South Carolina That said Furlough was lost. That he belonged to the Haggan department & that he was in no Battles That he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for Support. — Martin Dulaney a credible Witness also Stated upon oath that said John Dobbins was in the revolutionary War Upon Continental establishment that he enlisted in the year 1777 & that he served until 1783. That he belonged to the same Regiment with himself that he knew him well & that said John Dobbins is poor The said Court do hereby certify that they are well satisfied that said John Dobbins was in the United States Service Upon Con- tinental establishment during the revolutionary War that he is in Reduced circumstances & stands in need of his Country for Support. from his own declaration aforesaid

aforsaid and from the Testimony of Issac Martin Dulany they are satisfied of the services & indignities of said John Dobbins The Court order the Clerk to certify the above to the Secretary of War
Lewis Stuart Clerk of the County Court of Greenbrier do hereby certify that the foregoing is a True copy of the Record of Testimony taken and had before the Court on behalf of John Dobbins together with his Declaration on Oath
In testimony whereof I have hereunto Subscribed my name & Affixed the Seal of my Office this 12 th day of July 1879.
Lewis Stuart C.C. V.a

Mr. Robbins
— Certificate
Dobbin
16,411,
March 1820

Virginia
At a Court held for the County of Nicholas on the fifth day of September 1820 before the Commonwealth Justices of the peace for the County aforesaid being a Court of Records constituted by General Assembly of the State of Virginia aforesaid
Be it Remembered, that on
the day & year aforesaid the following declaration was made by John Cobblins in the words & figures following to wit, "Virginia Nicholas County to wit, on this fifth day of September 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Records for the said County of Nicholas constituted such by an act of the General Assembly of Virginia John Cobblins aged 74 years resident in said County of Nicholas who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, That he enlisted in the company commanded by Capt. James Taylor in the 4 th Pennsylvania Reg t commanded by Col. Wayne. That on the 22 nd day of June 1819 he made his original declaration before the County Court of Greenbrier which was transmitted to the War Department & thereupon he received a pension Certificate No 16401 dated the twenty sixth of December 1820. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War & passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 - and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property, or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed - All the property which I own or possess is as follows - one old Horse, one mare 4 Cows 3 calves twenty heads of hogs most of them pigs six old knives & forks, four or five old pewter plates four or five earthen plates six cups & saucers one tea pot one cream pot one or two old pails one

Churn, I have few old tin cups number I do not recollect - I am a farmer but I am at this time I have been for some time past unable to work owing to old age, and an accident of having my left foot split from the big toe to instep by the cut of an Ax - I have also lost the sight of one of my eyes, my right knee has been put out of joint for eighteen years past, so that I am entirely unable to contribute the smallest to my support - I have no family except a wife who is 70 years of age last November who has been continually sick she is helpless & helpless than myself to contribute to our support - signed - J. G. Gabbine
Sworn to & declared before the County Court of Nicholas the 5 th day of September 1828? - before the Justices of the County Court of Nicholas forenamed
The Court doth value the property con- tained in the foregoing schedule to one hundred & twenty five dollars.
I the said Bowyer Clarke of the County Court of Nicholas do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court - And I do hereby certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred & twenty five dollars.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my private seal (not having a seal of office) this twenty seventh day of November in the year of Christ one thousand eight hundred & twenty and of the Commonwealth the forty fifth
Bowyer G. Clarke

Virginia Nicholas County to wit
I Samuel Nail presiding Justice of the Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Stephen Bowyer is now and was at the time of subscribing his name to the annexed certificate Clerk of the Court aforesaid Given under my hand Seal this 5th day of December 1826
Samuel Nail

12152
R d Sept. 1. 1845.
Elizabeth Dobbins Va.
Nct. Y. July 138
married before 1794
husband died 11 th April 1833

(Declaration)
United States of America, State of Virginia and County of Giles June August 14 th 1845 In order to obtain the benefits of an act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838. Entitled an act allowing Widows of Revolutionary Officers and Soldiers who were married before the 1 st day of January 1794 and after the last period of service of their husband a pension for five years from the 4 th day of March 1836 and of a later act or resolution extending the same from the 4 th day of March 1842 to the 4 th day of March 1843, and of another act or resolution extending the same from the 4 th day of March 1843 to the 4 th day of March 1844 and also of the act or resolution of Congress passed the 17 th June 1844 extending the benefits of the aforesaid act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 to four years from the 4 th day of March 1844
I Elizabeth Dobbins now make the following statements under oath. I am the widow of John Dobbins who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution of the Pennsylvania line and enlisted in a company commanded by Thiele by James Taylor of the 4 th Reg t of said line commanded by Col. Wayne, that my said husband was in several battles and rec d four different wounds, and drew a pension of 96 Dollars a year from about 1820 or 21 to the day of his death which took place the 11 th day of April 1833 that my said husband lost his original certificate and obtain from the discharge of War a Duplicate thereof about the year 1830 or 31. and I further say that I am about ninety years of age, cannot say precisely there being no record of my birth nor to beforehand, that I was born near the Shenandoah River about one mile from Millerstown now called Woodstock in Va as I am informed, and there lived to about ten years of age, when my father whose name was Samuel Reener removed with

his family to the State of Pennsylvania on to what was called Whiteley Creek and about fifteen miles from Morgantown in Va. and there resided most of the time with my parents to the time of my marriage which took place in the State of Penn. a aforesaid but the name of the place or county or township I do not now remember at near thirty years of age and in the immediate vicinity where my parents lived to John Dobbins aforesaid by one John Minor Esq. I further state that after my marriage I lived some two years near where I was married and from there removed to Pattersons Creek in Hampshire Va. where my son Samuel and the only child I ever had was born who is now in the fifty ninth year of his age, but how long I lived there I cannot now state as my husband was poor and often moving from place to place I remember to have lived several years in Monongalia Co. Va. but all the places and length of time I lived at these places I can not now remember, but when my son was about eighteen years old we removed to Harrison Co. on Little Kanawha and there lived five years, from there we removed to Elk River in Randolph County and there lived nine years from there to Lewis County and there lived seventeen years till the death of my hus- band, and there resided from the death of my husband till last April, when I removed to Kan- hawa County with one of my grandsons, That part of Harrison Lewis and Randolph before stated where I lived is now within the limits of a new county called Braxton and I further state that from the day of my marriage with John Dobbins aforesaid, which was about sixty years ago, to day of the death of said Dobbins, I always lived with him and ever faithfully performed the duties of wife, that I

was legally and lawfully married and before the first day of Jan 4 1794, and ever since the death of my husband John Dobbins, of since I have remained a widow I therefor claim the benefits of the acts and resolutions before written entitling me to a pension of Eighty Dols. a year from the 4th day of March 1836 to the 4th March 1841, from the 4th of March 1842 to the 4th of March 1843 and from the 4th of March 1843 to the 4th March 1844, and from the 4th of March 1844 for 4 years. I hereby state that I am old and feeble, and unable to go Charleston the county seat of the county where I now live it being thirty seven miles away from where I live no waggon road, there being only a riding path rough and mountainous, and from these causes cannot get there to make this declaration, and cannot obtain two Magistrates within twenty miles of the place of my residence, and living near the county line of Gilmer county and convenient to two Magistrates in said county, is the reason why I make this my declaration in Gilmer -
To the Secretary of War of the United States and the Commissioner of Pensions -
Signed in presence of { William Burrell } Asa Lynn -
her Elizabeth X Dobbins Mark.
Sworn and subscribed to this 14 day of August 1845 before us Justices of the Peace in and for said county of Gilmer - as witness our hands and seals -
Philip Loffquist Justice of Peace William Arnold Justice of Peace

State of Virginia } County of Gilmer } To wit I the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Elizabeth Dobbins the aforesaid declarant and that she is a lady of good character and that her declaration is entitled to confidence and credit. Witness my hand and seal this 14 th day of August 1845. Philip Box Jr Justice of Peace Seal
State of Virginia } County of Gilmer } To wit. I the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County do hereby certify that I am not personally acquainted with Elizabeth Dobbins the aforesaid declarant, but the difficulties of making her declaration mentioned by her in the declaration aforesaid in the County of Hampshire are considerable that it would be convenient to make the same in this County & in my opinion her declaration is entitled to confidence and belief - Witness my hand and seal , this 14 th day of August 1845 - William Arnold Justice of Peace Seal The interlining of the words "concer seal" made before signing William Arnold J.P.
Virginia, Gilmer County to wit. I Levi Johnson Clerk of the County Court of Gilmer do hereby certify that William Arnold, are magistrates in said County, and that the above signatures purporting to be theirs I believe to be genuine. Given under my hand of seal there being no record of office at Glenover this 16 th day of August A.D. 1845 Virginia Gilmer County to wit. Teste Levi Johnson C. & C. Seal The words "of Seal" interlined before signing. L. Johnson C. & C.
I do hereby certify that Levi Johnson is Clerk of Gilmer County Court, and that the above signature purporting to be his, is genuine. Given under my hand this 16 th day of August A.D. 1845 Virginia. Gilmer County to wit. Benjamin Riddell J.P.
I Michael Stump presiding justice of the County Court of Gilmer, do hereby certify that Levi Johnson who has signed the foregoing certificate is the Clerk.

ance that it would be convenient to make the same in this County & in my opinion her declaration is entitled to confidence & credit - Witness my hand and seal this 14th day of August 1845 -
William Arnold Justice of Peace Seal
The interlining of the words "seal" "and" "seal" made before signing
William Arnold J.P.
Virginia, Gilmer County to wit. I Levi Johnson Clerk of the County Court of Gilmer do hereby certify that William Arnold, are magistrates in said County, and that the above signa- tures purporting to be theirs, I believe to be genuine. Given under my hand of seal (there being no seal of office) at Glenville this 16th day of August A.D. 1845
Virginia Gilmer County to wit. Teste Levi Johnson C. G. C. Seal the words "of Seal" interlined before signing. L. Johnson C. G. C.
I do hereby certify that Levi Johnson is Clerk of Gilmer County Court, and that the above signatures purporting to be his, are genuine Given under my hand this 16th day of August A.D. 1845
Virginia. Gilmer County to wit. Benjamin Riddell J.P.
I Michael Stump presiding justice of the County Court of Gilmer, do hereby certify that Levi Johnson who has signed the foregoing certificate, is the Clerk of the said Court, and of which Court I am the presiding Justice, & farther that there is no seal for the use of his office
Given under my hand and seal
This 22 d day of August 1845
Michl. Stump Seal

Elizabeth Dobbins
Affidavit of her Son Samuel Dobbins to prove her Marriage before 1794, he being 58 years old. No record of Marriage
E. F. Brown
Agent
Wash n D.C.
10. Dec. 1845.

State of Virginia County of Braxton S.S.
The deposition of Samuel Dobbing of the County of Braxton afore- said taken this 17 th day of November 1845 be- fore me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath state that he is fifty eight years old the 21 th day of last April, or that is the age that his parents had always told him, and farther that this deponent was married on the 9 th day of August 1808 and that his oldest child was born August 2 nd 1809 and this deponent farther states that he believes and was always told that he was a lawful son of John & Elizabeth Dobbing that said John Dobbing was a Revolutionary Prisoner for many years and that said John died on the 11 th day of April 1833, and that said Elizabeth is now has ever since the death of my father said John Dobbing remains a widow. And this deponent farther says that from his earliest recollection he always lived as a son with said John & Elizabeth to the day of marriage and after his marriage to the day of the death of said John always resided

near said John, and he further states that he never saw any family record of said John; and that he believes there never was any; and that he never heard of any - and further this deponent saith not -
Samuel Dobbins
Subscribed and sworn to the day and date before, written, before me the word "this" being first interlined - John Rogers Justice of the Peace
I certify that the before named deponent Samuel Dobbins is personally known to me and that he is a man in good standing and that his deposition is entitled to full confidence and credit -
Witness my hand and seal this 17th day of November 1845 -
John Rogers J. P. (Seal)

State of Virginia } Braxton County } B-
I John P. Byrne Clerk of the County Court of said County, do hereby certify that John Rogers Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition appears to have been taken, is an acting justice of the peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and sworn, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his I believe to be genuine,
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at the Court House of said County this Seventeenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty five.
John P. Byrne

Elizabeth Dobbins
No record of Marriage
Affidavit of John Galsen to prove Marriage.
E. F. Brown Agent.
10. Dec 1845.

State of Pennsylvania County of Greene I do Wit
The deposition of John Gapon taken this 28th day of December 1845 before me the subscri- ber a Justice of the Peace within and for said County who being first duly affirmed according to law doth on his affirmation say that he is now eighty one years of age that he has for the last seventy three years resided in the im- mediate neighborhood where he now lives, and that when his departed parents first removed to this county and for many years after they lived on an adjoining farm to Samuel Beamer, that this deponent was personally ac- quainted with the family of said Samuel and with Elizabeth his daughter for many years before she intermarried with John Dobbins, and after the marriage aforesaid was personally acquainted with John & Elizabeth, that they lived together as man and wife for several years and then removed from said County & do not recollect to have seen them since - And this deponent would say that he was not at the wedding of said John and Elizabeth, but he remembers that it was reported they were married & he presumes that they were married by John Minor Esq. who was a magistrate at that time, and who at that time married most of all the persons that were married in this settlement. And this deponent would say that himself, Samuel Beamer and S. Minor Esq. aforesaid lived near and on Whitey creek, and in the present limits of Green County aforesaid, but was that time for some years after the marriage aforesaid, known as Washington County, said County of Green being formed in 1796 & this deponent was a surveyor & helped to run the lines & boundaries of some of the townships of said County of Green - And this deponent would further say that he thinks there is no public record of the marriage aforesaid at that time The country was then new and thinly settled, and

he thinks the law did not require it, and many of the Magistrates of that day, were but little versed in the law, and merely gave certificates of marriage to the parties married. And this deponent would say that this part of Pennsylvania was formerly considered as belonging to Virginia & that John Minor aforesaid was among the first of Penn s Justices ever appointed in this County. And this deponent would farther say that he himself was married on the 1 st day of Jan y 1795, and that said John & Elizabeth must have been married some eight or nine years before this deponent & that they lived together as man and wife before the 1 st Jan y 1790 but how long before he cannot positively say and farther he saith not.
John Gaper
Subscribed and affirmed to on the day & date before written The interlineations & erasures being first read before me Benjamin Song S.P.
State of Pennsylvania County of Greene — I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with John Gaper Esq. the foregoing deponent that he is a man in good standing and that his deposition is entitled to full confidence and credit — As witness my hand and seal this 28 day of November 1845 —
Benjamin Song S.P. Esq.
Pennsylvania Greene County ss.
I J. P. Phelan Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, in the County and State aforesaid, hereby certify that Benjamin Song Esq. before the whom the foregoing deposition purports to have been taken was at the time, a Magistrate, duly

Commissioned and Sworn, and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal of Office the 29th day of November A.D. 18115
J. Phelan Prothf

State of Virginia County of Braxton } To wit
The deposition of John Heimer taken this 9 th day of August 1845 before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath state that he is now seventy eight years of age that he was born in the State of Pennsylv- -vania and near a creek called Whitley creek but, name of the the County does not remember, that it was some twelve miles from Morgantown, that he has since lived at several places but for the last thirty years has resided in what are now the limits of the County of Braxton aforesaid but was formerly Nicholas & Lewis - and this dep- -onent farther states that Elizabeth Dobbins who was - Elizabeth Heimer is a sister of his, that he well remembers the time and was present at the Marriage of said Elizabeth with John Dobbins who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a Pensioner for many years, and did some twelve years since that the said Marriage took place near Whitley Creek aforesaid - that the Marriage aforesaid took place shortly after the Revolutionary war, and about sixty years since as Samuel Dobbins the only child of said Elizabeth is now near sixty years old and this deponent was at the time of said mar- -riage about sixteen years old - And this dep- -onent farther states that said John & Elizabeth Dobbins lived together as man and wife until the death of said John - This deponent farther says

his Father lived in Shenandoah County in the State of Virginia at the time that his said sister Elizabeth was born who was the oldest of the family that between him & said Elizabeth there were several children & that said Elizabeth is now about twelve years older than himself, that before the birth of this deponent his parents removed to Whiteley Creek afore said — — —  This deponent further states that he does not remember all the places where said John Dobbins & wife lived after their marriage as they removed many times, but for about thirty years before the death of said John they lived in or principally lived in the limits of what is now Braxton, but then known by other names, and at the time of the death of said Dobbins it was called Lewis where he the said Dobbins died, and that said Elizabeth has lived near where her husband died and what is now Braxton ever since until last spring when as she is  he is informed she removed to the County of Kan-hawa — And this deponent further states that he does not know of any record of the marriage of said Elizabeth to the said John and he would further say that said Elizabeth is now a widow — & farther he saith not —
For presence of — { John & Henry } his { Mark } Thomas Freeman I the undersigned do in my presence the above and subscribe the interlining of day and date before written — The interlining of words, "name of the" "that" "lived" "he is" and "any" and the erasures being first made —  John Frame Justice of Peace

State of Virginia County of Braxton } To wit
I as Justice of the Peace within and for said County do hereby certify that John Hume the foregoing Deposition is personally known to me and that he is a man in good standing and that his deposition is entitled to full confidence and belief. Witness my hand and seal this 9 th day of August 1845.
John Hume J. P. Seal
Virginia Braxton County To wit:
I John P. Byrne clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that John Hume  Hume Esqr. whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate was at the time of signing said Certificate & still is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn into office and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his I believe is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at the Court House of said County this twentieth day of August A.D. 1845.
John P. Byrne
The word Hume was entered by me in my office after erasing the word Hume, which was first written through mistake.
John P. Byrne

State of Virginia County of Taylor To Wit
The deposition of George Heener taken this 25th day of August 1845 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath state that he is now seventy two years of age, that he was born in the State of Pennsylvania, and removed to the State of Virginia more than fifty years ago, and has resided in Va ever since, that a sister of his married John Dobbins who was a soldier of the war of the Revolution, that his sister's name was Elizabeth Heener; that said Elizabeth was much older than himself that she was the oldest of the family. And this deponent would further say that he cannot name the precise year that his sister aforesaid intermarried with John Dobbins but that it must have been about sixty years since, and this deponent would further say that he well remembers the wedding and the time that the marriage aforesaid took place, that said Dobbins was a stranger, and not long from the army, and that this deponent's parents at first objected to the marriage of said Elizabeth to said John Dobbins - that after the marriage aforesaid this deponent lived with John Dobbins and at one time lived with them three years, that when John Dobbins family removed to Harrison Co. Va on Little Kanawha this deponent went with them. This deponent further positively says that the marriage aforesaid took place more than fifty nine years ago, that said Dobbins and wife always lived together as man and wife till the death of said Dobbins, who died in Lewis County Va, about twelve years since - and that said Elizabeth as this deponent is informed now lives in Kanawha Co. Va, and that she is now a widow - and farther this deponent saith not
test B. Sinclair } Witness } his George H Heener Asa Lynn } } { Mark
Sworn and subscribed to the day and date before written the interlineations being first made before me
J. B. Burdett P. (Seal)

State of Virginia county of Taylor to wit
I the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said county do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with George Hearn the forgoing deponent that he is a man in good standing and that his deposition is entitled to implicit confidence and credit. As witness my hand and seal this 25th day of August 1845
F. Burdett (Seal)
State of Virginia
I Edward S. Armstrong Clerk of the County Court of Taylor County do hereby certify that F. Burdett who has signed the foregoing certificate, was & is an acting Justice of the Peace and duly commissioned and qualified to act as such and that full faith and credit ought to be given to all of his acts as such. Given under my hand, there being no seal of office, my private seal. This 25th day of August 1845
E. S. Armstrong (Seal)
Virginia Taylor County to wit
I John Leather Presiding Justice of the County Court of Taylor do hereby certify Edward S. Armstrong is clerk of the said Court and of which court I am presiding Justice & further that there is no seal of office
Given under my hand and seal this 25th day of August 1845 John Leather (Seal)

Charlestown Kanawha Sept 25/45
About five weeks since I forwarded to the Secy of War a bundle of papers to establish the claim of Elizabeth Dobbins of Kanawha Co. Va. to a pension, having never presented a claim of the kind. did not know whether the Secy of War or Commissioners of Pensions was the most proper person to forward the papers as I directed as above. The duplicate of the original certificate of John Dobbins the husband of Mrs. Dobbins was not found until after Mrs. Dobbins had made her declaration, after I obtained an order of court for Poygan 69 in the limits of which she had lived for more than forty years, which I thought would be conclusive & satisfactory. When I forwarded the papers I requested an answer to Arnoldsburg Gilmer Co. Va. — if you have not written and directed to that place or Mrs. Dobbins please direct to Kanawha Co. Va. as I can communicate and have often opportunities of doing so to town than to Arnoldsburg, that being 20 miles from us. On the receipt of this please let me know whether the papers were rec d ; and if not satisfactory, such directions as a person unac- quainted with the business may need — your answer as soon convenient will greatly oblige me. —
Very Respectfully Yours
Asa Lyon

9850.
Yl Virginia.
Elizabeth Hobbins, Widow of John Hobbins, who was a pensioner under the Act of 18, and who died on the 11th: April, 1833, of Gilmer (in the State of Virginia) who was a private in the commanded by Captain of the commanded by in the Pennsylvania line for 2 years —
Inscribed on the Roll of Wheeling at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. day of Jany: 1846 — and sent to E. F. Brown Present.
Total amount, $400.00.
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by W. H. Stewart Clerk Book D Vol. 1 — Page 265.

Martha Francis
To
Affidavit
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State of Virginia
County of Nicholas } To wit
The deposition of Martha
I frame taken this 8th. day of August 1845 before me a Justice of the Peace within and for said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath state that she is now in her seventy second year of her age, that she has lived where she now resides in the County aforesaid for the last forty years that, was personally acquainted with Elizabeth Dobbins who was the wife of John Dobbins who was said to have been a soldier in the war of the Revolution & to have been a Pensioner for many years before his death, which took place about twelve years since that said Elizabeth Dobbins was not known to this deponent but a few years before the marriage of a son of said Elizabeth whose name is Samuel Dobbins which marriage took place in August 1808 and that said John Dobbins & his wife Elizabeth have lived in what is now or in the limits of the County of Braxton from the time of first known there until the death of said John Dobbins and that said Elizabeth Dobbins has lived in said County of Braxton ever since the death of her husband until last spring when she removed as she is informed to the County of Kanawha where she the said Elizabeth now resides. And this deponent further states that two of the Granddaughters of said Elizabeth intermarried with two of this deponent's daughters and that she has always understood that said Elizabeth was the only wife of said John Dobbins and that they must have been married sixty years or thereabouts judging

from the age of their said son who was married in the year 1808 aforesaid, and this deponent further states that it was always believed that said Elizabeth was the lawful wife of said John Dobbs, from the time she first knew them until the death of said Dobbs they lived together as man and wife & that it was never doubted or believed to the contrary but that they were legally & lawfully married, and this deponent would further state that said Elizabeth was always regarded by her neighbors to be a lady of good character and that her deposition would be entitled to full confidence and credit — And for this this deponent saith not —
Attest John Brown } Witnesses Martha here & Framer Mark
Sworn and subscribe to the day and date before written the word "she" being first interlined
John Brown Justice of Peace Seal # #
State of Virginia, County of Nicholas To wit I as Justice of the Peace within & for the County aforesaid hereby certify that the before named Martha Framer is personally known to me and that she is a lady of good standing and that her deposition is entitled to full confidence and credit — Witness my hand and seal this 8 th day of August 1845 —
John Brown Justice of Peace Seal # # # #

Virginia
Nicholas County To wit:
I Samuel Given Clerk of the County aforesaid, do hereby certify that John Brown Esquire whose hand and seal is affixed to the foregoing affidavit is a magistrate of the County of Nicholas and that due faith and credit is to be had to all his acts and deeds as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of my Office to be hereunto affixed this 12 th day of August in the year 1843 And in the 70 th year of the Commonwealth
Samuel Given

V - 121.52 Elizabeth Dobbins Ala M d to Asa Lyon - Sept 12 th 1845. Oct 8. 1845 - let ch. Lyon

Ms. 7546. Virginia.
Elizabeth Dobbins, widow of John Dobbins, who was a private, in the Pennsylvania line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 8 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of January, 1846 and sent to E. F. Brown, Present.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
17 June, 1844
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 Page 136.

No 12152
Elizabeth Dobbins, widow of John vs
act 7 July 1838
Admrs Dyer, Jrs $80 00 per
Admrs acts March 1843 and 17 June 1844 $80 00 per ann
E. F. Brien Present

Wheeling May 24 1848
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir
I enclose you an application from Elizabeth Dobbins for a pension under Act of 3 d February 1848; She wishes her money paid at the Agency in this City; when the Certificate is prepared you will please forward it to me.
Your early attention will much oblige
Yours very respectfully
Geo. S. Thompson

Elizabeth Dobbins
Affidavit of Sam d . B. Byrne to prove Marriage before 1794 - No record.
E. F. Brown Agent
Dec. 10/45.

State of Virginia County of Braxton } To wit the deposition of John B. Byrne Esq. taken this 20 th day of November 1848 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for said county who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath say that he is now Fifty five years of age; and that he was personally acquainted with John Dobbins who was a Revolutionary Pensioner for many years, and with Elizabeth (Dobbins his wife, who was Elizabeth Greene; and with Samuel Dobbins their son; and this deponent would farther say that he knew the family of said John Dobbins when they lived in Monongalia County Va prior to 1803; say for 2 or three years before; & from 1803 he lived a neighbor to said Dobbins for four or five years after 1803 on Little Kanawha, in what is now Braxton (but was then Harrison); said deponent's father having sold to said John some land; and on which said Dobbins settled; and this deponent would farther say that said Samuel was always considered as the lawful son of said John & Elizabeth & that said John & Elizabeth were regarded as man and wife & lived together as such & this deponent would say that he was often at the house of said John & that he never saw any family record or any record of the marriage of said John & Elizabeth or ever heard of any & in his opinion there never was any & he thinks that said John & Elizabeth could not either read or write - And this deponent would further say that from 1803 a four son - two years before to the present year he has known said Samuel and he can positively say that said Samuel is at least two years older than this deponent; and that he thinks that said Samuel was the only child of John & Elizabeth

Aforesaid - and that from 1803 to the present time This deponent and said Samuel have principally lived in this county - And this deponent further saith not ~~~~~ John B Byrne
Subscribed and sworn to (the erasures and interlineations being first made) the day and date before written before me L D Camden Justice of Peace
State of Virginia County of Braxton } To wit -
I hereby certify, that I am personally acquainted with John B. Byrne Esq. the foregoing deponent, that he is a magistrate in this county & a gentleman of good standing and that his deposition is entitled to implicit confidence & credit - As witness my hand and seal this 20 th day of November 1845 -
L D Camden Justice of the Peace Seal
State of Virginia } Braxton County }
I John P Byrne Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that L. D. Camden Esq. before whom the foregoing deposition was taken is an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court at Sutton this twentieth day of November Eighteen hundred & forty five.
John P. Byrne
Affidavit of John B. Byrne

State of Virginia } County of Braxton } To wit. The deposition of Samuel B Byrne of said County taken before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath State that he was personally acquainted with John Dobbins who was computed and believed to have been a Revolutionary soldier and with Elizabeth his wife, who was Elizabeth Beurer and with Samuel Dobbins their son, that this deponents father removed from the Valley River in Harrison County to Little Hancurha in said County now in the limits of Brax- ton aforesaid in the year of 1803 - that said John Dobbins removed he thinks in the same year to Brax- ton aforesaid from Monongalia County on the other side the Valley river aforesaid and settled in the immediate neigh- borhood of this deponents father & there lived neighbors for four or five years & this deponent would further say that he knew the family of John Dobbins aforesaid when they lived in Monongalia Co. aforesaid prior to 1803 & that for two or three years; was often at their house & staid over night before the removal of said Dobbins aforesaid, that he was intimately acquainted with S r Samuel, that said Samuel was at least 5 years older than himself & he would say that said John & Elizabeth were always regarded as man and wife & lived together as such; that said Samuel was considered as their lawful son, that he never saw any family record of said John's & never heard of any & he believes there never was any as he thinks that said John & wife could not either read or write. And this deponent would say that he himself is now fifty two years of age - & father saith not - Samuel B. Byrne

The foregoing subscribed and sworn to in my presence this 19 th day of Nov r 1845 before me and the interlinings first made John Rogers J.P.
State of Virginia } County of Braxton } ss
I hereby certify that from personal acquaintance that Samuel B. Byrne the fore-mentioned is a man in fair standing & that his deposition is entitled to confidence and belief — As witness my hand & seal this 19 th day of Nov r 1845 —
John Rogers J.P. (Seal)
Elizabeth Dobbins
Affidavit of Sam d B. Byrne to prove Marriage before 1794 — No record.
E. H. Brown Agent
Dec. 10/45.

State of Virginia } Jackson County } S.S.
On this 13 th day of May 1848 personally appeared before me, the subscriber a Justice of Peace in and for the County aforesaid, Elizabeth Dobbins a resident of Jackson County Aged 92. or 93 — years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the pension made by the Act of Congress passed on the 3 rd day of February 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of John Dobbins who was a private in the Company of the Regiment of the State of Virginia who died on the 11 th day of April 1833 and that she received Eighty dollars per annum under the act of 1 st June 1844 granting pensions to Widows.
She further declares that she is still a widow. Sworn to and subscribed her the day and year last Elizabeth Dobbins above mentioned before me Mark N. Smith Justice of Peace
Attest. N. Smith John Dobbins,
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit N. Smith — Justice of Peace

Virginia } Jackson County } To all
I Andrew Waugh Clerk of the County Court of Jackson County in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that John Mark Smith Esq before whom the foregoing deposition was taken and also made the foregoing certificate was at the date thereof and now is an acting justice of the peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified to all his official acts as such full faith and credit are due and ought to be given
I further certify the said signatures purporting to be his to be genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Ripley the 13 th day of May 1848
A Waugh clk. J. C. Court.

Payable on the 4th March and 4th September, of every year, by the President of the U. S. Branch Bank at Richmond
Recorded by Wm Allison
Clerk, in Book D Vol. 7 Page 95.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I Certify, That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 8th of March, 1818,
John Dobbins late a Private
in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Virginia Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 22 nd day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty  nineteen . This certificate is issued in lieu of one dated 26 January 1820 supposed to be lost or destroyed which should it hereafter be presented for payment, the Agent will please to forward to this Department.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 25 th day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty one.
John C. Calhoun Secretary of War.
Examined and countersigned,
J. L. Edwards

Virginia,
At a court held for the County of Braxton at the Court House thereof on Wednesday the twentieth day of August 1845.
It is ordered to be Certified that satisfactory evidence has this day been exhibited in court that Elizabeth Dobbins now of Kanawha County Virginia is the widow of John Dobbins who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a Pensioner for several years, and whose original Certificate was dated 26 January 1820 and a duplicate of the same (it having been lost) dated 25 June 1831. That said Elizabeth Dobbins was married to said John Dobbins before the 1st of January 1794, that he died the 11 th of April 1833, and that she is now a widow.
Virginia Braxton County Sivil:
I John P. Byrne Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that the foregoing is correctly copied from the records of said Court.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at the Court House of said County this twenty first day of August A D 1845.
John P. Byrne

Virginia
Lewis County Court November Term 1830
It appearing to the Court that John Dobbins of this county has become unsound in mind, and incapable of managing and conducting his business, It is therefore ordered that John Duffy be appointed to take care of, and manage the Estate of the said John Dobbins and that the said Duffy enter into bond and security in the penalty of $150 conditioned for the faithful discharge of the trust aforesaid, which was done accordingly
A copy Teste
J. Stringer C. S. C.

Weston June 2nd 1854
I do hereby certify that Daniel Stringer is the Clerk of the County Court of Lewis in the State of Virginia
Lewis Marshall

Warwick by Va Augt 26./45-
Hon. Wm L. Marcy Secy of War
Sir
Enclosed you will find the declaration of Elizabeth Dobbins claiming a pension from the U.S. also an order of court of Braxton Co. & three depositions proving the marriage of Mrs Dobbins & a duplicate of the Pension Certificate of her late husband which duplicate was not found till after she had made her declaration. Mrs Dobbins removed last April to Kanawha County & on enquiry found she was entitled to a pension under the Act of July 7/38. Please examine the papers & if they should prove satisfactory, forward by Mail to Elizabeth Dobbins, Arnoldsbury. P.O. Gilmer by Va and in the event the papers should not prove satisfactory please return such to me to the above P.O. with instructions how to pursue in order to obtain for her, her Pension Certificate. Mrs Dobbins was entitled to the Amount due John Dobbins from the 4th March 1833 to 11th April 1833 at the time of his death, which Amt she asks for. (Though not formally) - if it can be at this late day allowed please insert or add the Amt in her pension Certificate. Should you see fit to grant her a pension please make it Payable at Richmond - Having never done any business of the kind before Am unable to say whether I have complied with all the requirements of the Department or not & would simply ask that her claim which is just should, not be jeopardized by any error of mine - As soon as it meets your convenience please answer as above requested
Yours Respectfully Asa Lyons

United States Agency and Notarial Office,
EDMUND F. BROWN, ATTORNEY AND AGENT FOR CLAIMANTS, Notary Public, Illinois Commissioner, &c., Continues to settle all kinds of business with the several branches of Government, with his usual promptness, efficiency and fidelity; especially CLAIMS FOR PENSIONS, PATENTS, LANDS, Post Office and other Contracts, &c., F STREET, NEAR 14th STREET, WASHINGTON CITY.
E. F. BROWN'S
Established in 1843.
Seventeen doors east of the Treasury Department.
UNITED STATES AGENCY AND NOTARIAL OFFICE, WASHINGTON CITY,
10 th December 1845.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions.
Sir,
Asa Lyon Esq. who sent you the claim of Elizabeth Dobbins of Va. in August last, informs me that there is no Official or Family Record of her Marriage in existence, as is believed by her old acquaintances; and the affidavits of John Gafsen, John B. Byrne, Samuel B. Byrne, and Samuel Dobbins, which I herewith enclose, establish the date of the marriage previous to 1794, and render it almost certain that there never was a record kept of it.
Please make her Certificate payable at Wheeling, Va. and enclose it to me as early as practicable.
Very Respectfully, Your Ob t Serv t
Edm. F. Brown
(11) Agent.

Rey  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3784
Eliz th Dobbins
John Dobbins Br. Rev. War
Act: Foley Refs
Index:—Vol. a , Page 187
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oct. 27. 1845. Kenawha C.H. Va.
Oct 17. 45.
Asa Lyon.
Ask answer to Elizabeth Dobbins pension claim L190. Dec 25/41 Pension Office.

Kanawha Co. Oct 17 th 1848-
Sir
Some two months since I forwarded by mail to your department the papers of Elizabeth Dobbins (her declaration, depositions & depositions & order of Court proving her the widow of John Dobbins who was a revolutionary Pensioner & entitled to a pension as a widow) I have not heard any thing from them, whether they have been received or whether they were satisfactory or not, neither do I know whether I directed to the proper department or not. I would be pleased that you would inform me of the arrival of those papers, & if they were misdirected to hand over to the Commission of Pensions & any information that I may stand in need of in case the papers should prove unsatisfactory) to prove and substantiate her claim will be gratefully rec d Please direct Kanawha Co. Va. & your answer as soon as convenient, will greatly oblige Yours & Respectfully Hon. Wm L Marcy Secy of War Asa Lyman

Union Office March 23. 1831
John Duffey Esq. Nicholas C.H. Va Recd. June 25. 1831
Since receipt: I have been to... and have been... and have been... and have been...
The Hon. Secretary of War Washington City
Yours

County of Nicholas Es.
On the the 11 th day of March 1831 before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in and for the said County of Nicholas personally appeared John Robbins Junior who on his oath declares that the John Robbins named in the order of the County Court of Lewis County at the December Term 1830 appointing John Duffy a committee to take charge of the estate of said John Robbins, is in his opinion the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain James Taylor in the 1 st Pennsylvania Regiment commanded by Col l Haine in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the Pension roll of the State of Virginia as appeared by a certificate of that fact which he once had in his possession under the signature & seal of the Secretary of War Which Certificate the said John Robbins has lost or mislaid so that it can not be found; on what day, or where he does not know sworn subscribed to before me the day & year aforesaid, -
John Robbins Jun r
R Kelly J.P.
Nicholas County to wit;
John Duffy this day personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the peace in & for said County and made oath that he is the identical person appointed a committee to take charge of the estate of John Robbins a Revolutionary War pensioner and since he has been so appointed he has not seen and knows not what has become of said John Robbins pension certificate Given under my hand this 11 th day of March 1831
R Kelly J.P.

St. Charles County Seal.
I Noah Davis clerk clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Robert Kelly Esquire whose name is subscribed to the foregoing or within certificate is a magistrate of the County of St. Charles and that due faith and credit ought to be paid to all his acts
such testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the seal of my office to be hereunto affixed this 12 th day of March 1831 and the 55 th year of our Lord's independence.
Noah Davis Clerk
To the secretary of War
Sir you will perceive the object of the accompanying affidavits. John Robbins of Lewis County Virginia has for some 12 or 18 months been in such a state of mental debility as to be rendered incapable of transacting his business. At the November term last of the Court of that County I was appointed a committee to manage his business which you will see by the accompanying order. He was a Revolutionary Pensioner and his children nor myself are not able to find his pension Certificate; nor have not been for perhaps 18 months to which time his pension is in arrear. I have thought proper to inquire of you; if a new Certificate cannot issue upon the accompanying affidavits. If one cannot will you be good enough to point out in what way his pension may be drawn under the above cir-

circumstances - He is an old and needy man who requires the aid of his pension regularly - I hope you will not fail to give me the required information immediately - & if you please transmit back the inclosed order of court.
With high esteem Sir, your obedient servant John Duffy
The Hon. Secretary of War